Chapter 45: Angry Little Skin
In order to divert Xu Xiaoli's attention, Pang Xu urged Liu Junhao to lead them to the river beach to pick up duck eggs. Zhang Qian also wanted to keep up, but she was a little worried when she saw the little guy on the ground. She was afraid that the little duck would be in a bad mood, and she wanted to take it out for a walk, so she didn't know what to do.
"This is easy to deal with. I'll make a bird cage for you, so let it stay inside..." Liu Junhao said as he took out a wine box from the house to make a simple bird cage.
It is said that it is a bird cage that is to remove half of the wine box, drill a small hole on the top, then insert bamboo strips, then use a knife to cut a door on the side, and finally lay some cotton at the bottom to make a bird's nest, and everything will be OK.
Although this bird cage doesn't look very good, it is light and easy to carry when you get it. Zhang Qian happily carried it with them. She likes this little duck very much and specially named it Qiuqiu. Along the way, she kept calling "Qiuqiu" and "Qiuqiu".
The girl's mind became faster. When Xu Xiaoli saw the boundless reed marsh, she suddenly became interested and ran around the river beach. At this time, the reeds were still green, and the ears on her head were pressing against the branches and swaying in the wind.
In the past, this reed marsh played a very important role in the people of Liujiagou. Basically, rural furniture relied on it, such as weaving baskets, kang mats, folds for crocking grain, large baskets for loading things, etc.
However, the things woven reeds are not durable, especially the reed mats. In the past, every house had a reed mat on the bed. However, this thing could not withstand the tossing of children. As long as the adults were not paying attention, they would secretly reach out to fold the reeds on the mat and then dismantle them along the lines. In less than half a day, a hole as big as a butt was removed from the reed mat. Parents naturally caught it and beat it up when they saw it. However, those naughty children were all naughty and did not change after repeated instruction, so it was very expensive to use reed mats here.
When the days in Daqingshan gradually improved, people changed into durable bamboo mats, and the reed marsh completely lost its function. The reed marsh elsewhere could be cut off as firewood in autumn, but no one in Liujiagou had ever thought about this. The main reason is that there is too much firewood here, and the crops and poles in the fields cannot be burned. Who has the intention to cut reeds on the river beach?
As soon as he arrived on the river beach, Zhang Qian released the little guy out of the bird cage and caught grasshoppers for him to eat. She walked in front, while Qiuqiu was screaming and following behind. Each person and duck looked very interesting.
But when passing by a small puddle, Qiuqiu jumped straight into the water and caught the meat and malt inside.
"No, I can swim so young..." When they saw this little guy swimming around in the water and catching fish, they all screamed in surprise. Even Liu Junhao was the same. Although he had seen many ducks, it was the first time that the little guy who had just emerged from the shell could do it. In fact, to put it bluntly, this is just an instinct of an animal.
Seeing this scene, Xu Xiaoli's heart was hooked up again, saying that she would ask Pang Xu to make her a duck egg.
Pang Xu had no choice but to look at Liu Junhao, hoping that he would help. Liu Junhao had to lead them to the place where the water duck nest was discovered the previous time.
He didn't know if he could pick up duck eggs now. The last time he found this nest, the furry child followed him. With the child's mind, he probably wandered around here every few days, and probably had picked up all the duck eggs long ago.
Just as they were leaving, suddenly a fat rabbit jumped up on the side and jumped clumsyly among the grass.
"Rabbit!" Pang Xu immediately became energetic and chased forward madly. He still missed the rabbit meat he ate at Liu Junhao's house last time. Now when he saw the hare, the first thought that came to his mind was that there was rabbit meat to eat again.
Xiaopi was following them listlessly. When she saw prey, she immediately became energetic and rushed past everyone. In the blink of an eye, she had already caught up with the rabbit that had run more than three feet away.
"Xiaopi, come back!!" Liu Junhao suddenly screamed. Although Xiaopi was a little confused, he faithfully executed his order. His paws he held down immediately released. The hare also took the opportunity to escape. Several jumps had already crawled into the grass and disappeared.
"Rat, what are you doing? Why did you put such a big rabbit?" Pang Xu was naturally a little angry when he saw the cooked rabbit flying away like this.
"Look at this rabbit nest..." Liu Junhao didn't explain, but pointed at the rabbit nest beside them.
"What's so good about this?" Pang Xu asked in confusion.
"The rabbit's nest has so many hairs... and look here," Liu Junhao stretched out his hand and lifted the wormwood next to him, revealing a black hole as big as a bowl. "This is the newly dug hole of the rabbit. The female rabbit is pregnant and is about to get a rabbit. The rules here are that when we see a rabbit that wants to get a baby, they can't catch it, so they can leave a way out."
"Oh, this is also considered sustainable development. How can the saying goes, "Kill the chicken to get eggs, and you must not get eggs, and you will have no eggs next year; if you fish in the lake, you must not get fish, and you will have no fish next year." After hearing his explanation, Pang Xu calmed down and shook his head and pulled the sour words.
It was a bit long, and the grass in autumn and summer basically changed every day, so he couldn't find the wild duck nest for a moment. Just as he turned around and wanted to explain to Pang Xu, he saw Xiaopi suddenly arching his body, making a low whine sound from his mouth, and then rushed out like a sharp arrow.
"Good guy, Caolizi!" Liu Junhao didn't expect to encounter Caolizi here. Judging from Xiaopi's appearance, it was obvious that the Caolizi was harassed by his family in the middle of the night a few days ago.
"What is that?" This was the first time Pang Xu saw Cao Lizi in reality, and it was not up to the picture for a while.
"You guess" Liu Junhao kept it a secret. He wanted to see if this guy knew it or not.
"I've seen it in the book, is it a mink?" Seeing him shake his head, Pang Xu asked impatiently, "What the hell is it?"
It seems that everything is as expected, and this foodie is only at this level. Liu Junhao turned to look at the two girls and asked, "What do you think it is?"
"Is it a fox?" Zhang Qian became more flexible, but she hit the nail on the head.
"Boy," Liu Junhao nodded in admiration.
"The fox also lives by the river, isn't it on the mountain?" Xu Xiaoli asked a silly question.
Liu Junhao was speechless. It seemed that he was really a family. If he didn't enter the family, the couple had a very idiotic understanding of animals. "Who told you that foxes are all on the mountain?"
"It's all done on TV," Xu Xiaoli answered with confidence.
This made Liu Junhao feel angry for a moment, and finally he replied patiently: "There are foxes everywhere, forests, grasslands, rivers, and mountains. They can live."
"Now, we'll have fox meat to eat tonight," Pang Xu showed his ecstasy look.
He was such a foodie. Liu Junhao was almost speechless, "Have you ever heard of a slut fox? The fox meat has a slutty smell and is not delicious at all." He also heard from the older generation that the fox meat tasted slutty, but he could think of it. This thing can smell a slutty smell even if you live, let alone die.
"Oh, that fox skin is good to make a scarf. When the fox skin is given to me, I will get a scarf in winter." Pang Xu said again.
"Don't think about it anymore. I guess Xiaopi can't catch up with Caolizi. That thing is too clever and it is specially drilled deep into the grass. Xiaopi has a big body and cannot spread its speed in the grass." Liu Junhao explained with some regret.
When talking about this Cao Lizi, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth. That night, Xiaopi chased him out and came back more than half an hour later, but there were a few blood marks on his body.
Liu Junhao was initially shocked and didn't know what trap the grass raccoon set up to let Xiaopi fall in. Early the next morning, he asked Xiaopi to lead the way in front of him and followed Caolizi's escape route at night. It was not until he finally realized that Caolizi actually led Xiaopi into the thorny nest.
The thorn nest is a thorny plant grown in the Daqing Mountains. It grows into a large area. The leaves of this thing are very small, and the plants are full of small hard thorns. No animals are willing to touch it. Rural people generally use it to surround the vegetable garden to prevent animals from getting in and stealing vegetables.
Caolizi is small and can naturally get into the thorn nest, but the small skin has a large skeleton, so it is stabbed with a few blood marks. This is also the reason why Xiaolizi is crazy when she sees Caolizi again.
"This thing is too capable, right?" Zhang Qian couldn't help but exclaim.
"Or how much you call the cunning fox!"
Chapter completed!